Improvement in harness-saddles



F. W. MALDEIS.

Harness-Saddles.

N0 ]57,208, Patented Nov. 24,1874.

Witnesses a/rrvefiwe/w UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

FRIEDRICH W. MALDEIS, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARNESS-SADDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.157,208, dated November24, 1874; application filed October 21, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRIEDRICH W. MAL- DEIs, of the city of Baltimore, inthe State of Maryland, have invented certain Improvements in Harness;and I hereby declare that the following description, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing, is a full specification of the same.

My invention relates more especially to that part of a harness known asthe saddle, restin g,-when in position, just back of the horsesshoulder; and consists in a peculiar formation of the harnesssaddle, andproviding it with a metallic brace or stiffening to sustain it in shapeand position, whereby the saddle is prevented from bearing against thehorses shoulder, and the soreness commonly resulting therefrom isavoided.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates my invention and forms apart of the specification herein, Figure 1 represents a side view of myimproved saddle. Fig. 2 represents the under side of the same, thepadding being removed.

In the drawing referred to, A designates the saddle-tree, and 'B thecheck-hook. G indicates the terrets or rings through which the reinspass, the same being mounted on the jockeys, which are marked 0; D, themetallic plates, and E an iron plate forming the foundation of the tree,check-hook, and terrets, to which these parts are secured by bolts andnuts. F designates the back-band, and g a loop, through which it passesdownward.

As shown in the drawing, Fig. 1, that part of the harnesssaddleextending downward on each side from the tree is formed to inclineforward for a short distance, and curving somewhat at :0. Just below theloop 9 it recodes, and the extension orstrap connects with thebelly-band below at the same point as when such part is made straight,so that when the saddle is in position the upper part thereof about thetree is caused to slightly incline backward, and is prevented frombearing heavily against the shoulder of the animal in harness. I

To strengthen the saddle and sustain it in sh ape, and the terrets inthe relative positions ofthose parts, when formed and constructed asabove stated, each side of the saddle is provided with the metallicplate I), placed underneath, as shown, one end of said plate beingfastened to the saddle by a rivet covered by the loop g, and the otherend being held at s between the iron plate or frame E and the upperleather, the leather packing h being placed between the plates D and E,and the bolt extending from the terret G passing through the whole.

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by LettersPatent- A harness-saddle having the curved con- 'struction shown in Fig.1, and provided with the metallic plates D D and E, fastenings at g ands, and leather packing h, as and for the purposes specified. v

In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name hereto in the presence oftwo witnesses.

FRIEDRICH W. MALDEIS.

Witnesses:

WM. T. HOWARD, Jno. S. MADDOX.

